Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1878

No. 199.
Mr. Evarts to Mr. Welsh.

Department of State,
Washington, November 12, 1878.

No. 179.]

Sir: Your cable dispatches of the 10th instant, containing the full text of Lord Salisbury’s two notes of the 7th instant, in reference respectively to the matter of the award of the Halifax Commission, and to the question of the rights of American fishermen in British North American waters under the treaty of Washington, were duly received, and both subjects are now under consideration. The final determination of the government in regard to the payment of the award will be promptly communicated to you by telegraph—quite probably before this dispatch reaches you.

I am, &c.

WM. M. EVARTS.